Steamers
In the olden days steamers were usually metal bowl shaped baskets
that had many holes in to let water steam over foods to cook them.
Steamers are very popular now for health conscience individuals
or those that enjoy steamed foods. A steamer can be found in many
Indian kitchens toady as well as other kitchen around the world.
A steamer back a few years ago was a metal pot type thing that
when opened seemed to look like a flower petal. You would open
it and place water inside and then in the basket add your vegetables
that you desired to steam. Then you would turn on the heat and
let the veggies steam. Today’s steamers come in many types:
• Metal baskets
• Metal inserts
• Fancy layered steamers
• Bamboo Steamers
You can even find electric steamers that allow you to step out
of heat and let the steamer do the work. Many can be stacked up
to steam more than one type of food at a time or used with for
just one type of food.